RATHFERN • SPRING • 27TH FEBRUARY 2015

Dear Mums, Dads, Carers, staff,

governors, friends & colleagues

RATHFERN

NEWS

We hope you had a restful and enjoyable half term.

I am confident that this half term’s learning will excite and motivate your children.

Mrs Maharasingam Headteacher

SERENA - OUR CHAIR OF GOVERNING BODY

“Dear Mums, Dads and Carers, I am delighted to have recently been appointed Chair of the Governing Body, following five years as a Governor. We have a strong team of ten Governors including Mrs Maharasingam and Ms Lannary, three parent governors and five additional governors appointed for their skills, experience and passion for education. The Governing Body is the school’s accountable body responsible for the conduct of the school and for promoting high standards. I am really looking forward to supporting the wonderful leadership and staff at Rathfern to ensure the school continues to provide children with a great education and environment in which they flourish.

As a personal introduction.. I live locally with my Guyanese husband and three year old son. I am a chartered accountant with a first degree in economics and a masters degree in International Development. I work for KPMG getting people to use their professional skills to lift people in Africa, Asia and Latin America out of extreme poverty. It is a privilege to have this opportunity to volunteer in my local community and I hope to meet many of you soon. Warm wishes, Serena”

FREE FOOTBALL SESSIONS

“The FA Skills programme has recently arrived within the borough of Lewisham, as of September 2014, working within local Primary Schools, Charter Standard Clubs and supporting Local Sessions, we currently have a regular Wednesday, after school session which we will be running weekly (Term Time). We are currently running our Skills Centres for Boys and Girls aged 8-11, running every Wednesday from 5.45-6.45pm at Conisborough College (Indoor Sports Hall) SE6 2SE, offering high quality football coaching sessions for FREE. Due to the sessions being for FREE, places are limited and children must be signed up online, please see the relevant booking page below: (8-11s Session) http://faskills.thefa.com/SkillCentres/London/ConisboroughCollege If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on the following..

M: 07943552906” - David Webb

SCHOOL ATTENDENCE 23/0215 - 27/0215

WEEK TOTAL 96.9%

Kinetic 96% Cosmos 95.7% Solar 99%

Metamorphosis 98% Reflection 95.5% Magnetism 97.7 %

Velocity 99% Refraction 96.2%

Energy 95.5% Supernova 94.3%

Amoeba 97.2% Nebula 97.4%

Electricity 97.1% Galaxy 95%

Shadow 99.3% Sirius 97.3%

CLASS ASSEMBLIES

THURSDAY 5TH MARCH: Kinetic class at 9.15am

FRIDAY 6TH MARCH: Metamorphosis class at 9.15am

THURSDAY 12TH MARCH: Energy class at 9.15am

FRIDAY 13TH MARCH: Velocity class at 9.15am

TUESDAY 17TH MARCH: Cosmos class at 9.15am

TUESDAY 17TH MARCH: Reflection class at 2.50pm

WEDNESDAY 18TH MARCH: Electricity class at 9.15am

WEDNESDAY 18TH MARCH: Refraction class at 2.50pm

THURSDAY 19TH MARCH: Shadow class at 9.15am

THURSDAY 19TH MARCH: Supernova class at 2.50pm

FRIDAY 20TH MARCH: Amoeba class at 9.15am

FRIDAY 20TH MARCH: Nebula class at 2.50pm

WEDNESDAY 25TH MARCH: Sirius class at 2.50pm

THURSDAY 26TH MARCH: Galaxy class at 2.50pm

TARGET SETTING

MEETINGS

We hope you found these useful, your children now have new targets to practise at home and school. Thank you to those parents who completed the parent questionnaire. Its not too late to send them in so please do.

WORLD BOOK DAY

Just a reminder that World

Book Day is next Thursday

5th March. Come to school

dressed as a book character

for £1. All money raised goes

towards our Readathon

fundraiser.

BIG SLEEPOVER - FRIDAY

13TH FEBRUARY 15

We would just like to say a

big thank you to all the

children that attended the

Big Sleepover. Also a

massive thank you to all the

staff that gave up their time

to help organise & run it!

‘WICKED’ THE MUSCIAL

“On Wednesday 25th February, children from Years 3 - 6 attended a performance of

‘Wicked’ at the Victoria Palace in London. It was especially special for me because it was

my 11th birthday. It definitely proved to be a birthday to remember!

We travelled by bus and when we arrived at the theatre everything was green. We sat

very close to the stage so it felt like we were in the show. It was amazing and the singing

and dancing was outstanding!

On the way home I sat next to Miss Pendleton and we had a very long conversation

about everything. It was definitely a night to remember!” - Farai Gova (Solar Class)

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM - YEAR 2 TRIP

“On Thursday 26th February, Year 2 went to the Natural History Museum. We travelled

by two trains and finally arrived in the pouring rain at 10.30am.

There was an enormous queue of tourists which seemed to go on for miles. When we

finally got inside we put our coats and bags away and then went to see the dinosaurs

display. We saw all sorts of dinosaurs including a snarling T. Rex!

Did you know the museum owns over 17 million specimens of insects? One of them

came from the museum’s own garden where new species were discovered in 2007.

Although it was a wet day we had lots of fun!” - Matilda Broughton (Electricity class)

SAINSBURY’S SCHOOL GAMES YR 5/6 HOCKEY BOROUGH FINAL

FEBRUARY 2015

“On Thursday 12th February, pupils from Year 6 attended Sainsbury’s school games. We

had junior managers and players. Team players were separated into three teams with 3

junior managers attached to each team. Each team played very well but unfortunately we

were placed in 2nd position in our divisions which meant that we couldn't play in the

semi-finals, but it was very close as all the teams were separated by goal difference.

Overall, we enjoyed the competition very much and we would like to thank Errison and

Leo for supporting us all the way.” - Ade Amao (Magnetism class)

OUTSTANDING LEARNERS

Cohesion AM (Nursery) - Go-Go Tassie & Sebastian Olaru

Cohesion PM (Nursery) - Rahquarn Hill-Townsend & Kifah McDonald-Peltier

Kinetic (Reception) - Riyaan Ahmed & Abdul-Majid Issoufou

Metamorphosis (Reception) - Seth Bowden & David Perta

Energy (Year One) - Mamadou Bayoko & Rianna Babalola

Velocity (Year One) - Khalil Shabazz & Micah Coward

Shadow ( Year Two) - Leah Miller & Yasmin Mark-Zeeno

Electricity (Year Two) - Nikita Eero & Tufan Turkoglu

Amoeba (Year Two) - Nyasia Martin & Johannes Dippenaar

Cosmos (Year Three) - Yusuf Olabiyi & Sipho Khumalo

Refraction (Year Three) - Shanna Gayle & Zara Nding’uri

Reflection (Year Three) - Kawthar Hammoud & Elena James

Nebula (Year Four) - David Uyiekpen & Patrick Ladd

Supernova (Year Four) - Lillian Terletska & Ayoub Rahman

Galaxy (Year Five) - Bashar Hammoud & Zenobia Ashley

Sirius (Year Five) - Malachi Drummond & Seny Mane

Magnetism (Year Six) - Abigail Christopher-Howell & Meremba Ginet

Solar (Year Six) - Angelina Hajrizi & Bethany Wise

LEADING CITIZENS

Leading citizens are children in our community who embody our core values and the Rights

Respecting charter.

Cohesion AM (Nursery) - Trey Tomlinson & Parris Kelly

Cohesion PM (Nursery) - Khadijat Olabiyi & Bulut Yesilbulut

Kinetic (Reception) - Thierry Ramlal-Henry & Lucas Pietras

Metamorphosis (Reception) - Julia Vanessa Iosub & Chajettha Nimalan

Energy (Year One) - Joel Barfi & Elizabeth John-Odutuyo

Velocity (Year One) - Chika Oraka & Norah Younger

Shadow ( Year Two) - Elijah Iyere & Harisana Kantheepan

Electricity (Year Two) - Harley Francis & Lexie Houghton

Amoeba (Year Two) - Nicole Iosub & Emelia Hesketh

Cosmos (Year Three) - Zia Gosai & Kayti Shepherd

Refraction (Year Three) - Chante Lobban & Fergus Arno

Reflection (Year Three) - McKaylah Wright & Amber Bowden

Nebula (Year Four) - Marques Walker & Liepa Zukauskaite

Supernova (Year Four) - Brooke Miller & Issa Saidmeerasah

Galaxy (Year Five) - Saskia Mohamed-Green & Eric Cornish

Sirius (Year Five) - Remi Beaumont & Conrad Mathison

Magnetism (Year Six) - Nysa Gosai & Mariama Sillah

Solar (Year Six) - Milen Menghis & Regina Hugh

INSET DAYS

Monday 20th July

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

MONDAY 2ND MARCH: Nursery Target Setting Meetings

TUESDAY 3RD MARCH: Nursery Target Setting Meetings

THURSDAY 5TH MARCH: World book day - children to dress up as book

character

FRIDAY 13TH MARCH: Red nose day & World Water Day

FRIDAY 13TH MARCH: Mothers Day Breakfast

MONDAY 16TH MARCH - FRIDAY 20TH MARCH: Science Week

FRIDAY 27TH MARCH: Last day of term

MONDAY 30TH MARCH - FRIDAY 10TH APRIL: Half Term

MONDAY 13TH APRIL: Children return to school

SCHOOL TRIPS

Tuesday 3rd March: Theatre company to work with Year 2 children

Tuesday 10th March: Year 4 visit Churchill War Rooms

Tuesday 24th March: Year 6 visit the Old Royal Naval College

Wednesday 25th March: Year 4 visit HMS Belfast

PARENT WORKSHOPS

EVENT DATE

Spelling Workshop Monday 9th March - EYFS, KS1 and KS2

3.45pm - 4.15pm

Maths Workshop Thursday 26th March - EYFS, KS1 and

KS2 3.45pm - 4.30pm